So as I hauled my decorations out a month early, yellow leaves fluttering past the window, it was an odd feeling. Matt was thoroughly confused and a little panicked as he walked into the room and was blinded by the glare of white twinkle lights.
"WHAT'S HAPPENING?" he yelped, sidestepping a box marked "Santa, Pine-Cones, Tacky Streamers We'll Never Use."
"Relax," I muttered, "I'm taking pictures for a guest blog post."
"Are you seriously going to leave all this up until Christmas?"
I shrugged sulkily, "Wal-Mart put up their Christmas stuff after Halloween."
"LIZ, it's November 8th."
I shrugged again, passive-aggressively adjusting some ornaments and hoping he'd go away.
No such luck.
"I'll even help you put it back in the attic."
"Fine," I snapped, suddenly depressed at the thought of losing all the red, pink and aqua twinkleyness around me.
But he was right. I mean, we're having Thanksgiving at our house this year. I don't want to give my family seasonal whip-lash and make them think they've been fast-forwarded through time and space to the end of December. And... I'm pretty sure the neighbors would laugh/point.
So, it was a fun tiny little snippet of Christmas, taking pictures, writing the post. But I'm back to reality. I'm not getting ahead of the season anymore, and looking forward to Thanksgiving. Nothing but pine cones and turkeys from here on out.
I'll let you know when the my guest post runs, and for a preview of all the guest bloggers lined up, check it out here. Thanks again to Diane & Paulette. You ladies have made the past few weeks very, very interesting and fun.
"WHAT'S HAPPENING?" he yelped, sidestepping a box marked "Santa, Pine-Cones, Tacky Streamers We'll Never Use."
"Relax," I muttered, "I'm taking pictures for a guest blog post."
"Are you seriously going to leave all this up until Christmas?"
I shrugged sulkily, "Wal-Mart put up their Christmas stuff after Halloween."
"LIZ, it's November 8th."
I shrugged again, passive-aggressively adjusting some ornaments and hoping he'd go away.
No such luck.
"I'll even help you put it back in the attic."
"Fine," I snapped, suddenly depressed at the thought of losing all the red, pink and aqua twinkleyness around me.
But he was right. I mean, we're having Thanksgiving at our house this year. I don't want to give my family seasonal whip-lash and make them think they've been fast-forwarded through time and space to the end of December. And... I'm pretty sure the neighbors would laugh/point.
So, it was a fun tiny little snippet of Christmas, taking pictures, writing the post. But I'm back to reality. I'm not getting ahead of the season anymore, and looking forward to Thanksgiving. Nothing but pine cones and turkeys from here on out.
I'll let you know when the my guest post runs, and for a preview of all the guest bloggers lined up, check it out here. Thanks again to Diane & Paulette. You ladies have made the past few weeks very, very interesting and fun.



A Soft Place to Land







